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"Free entry / PWYC synthpop perfection with System Exclusive’s infectious marriage of Gwen Stefani-esqe power-vox and drive time Soft Cell retro synth worship into some kind of 00s electroclash megatron. Impossible not to love FFO: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Knife, Metric, Ladyhawke, Glass Candy, Glüme."
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A gig held at The Lanes on Monday 25th September. The event starts at 19:00.
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE • www.systemexclusive.bandcamp.com
FINLAY SHAKESPEARE • www.finlayshakespeare.bandcamp.com
JOHN MOUSE • www.johnmouse.bandcamp.com
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System Exclusive are Ari Blaisdell and Matt Jones – a Pasadena, California duo bearing an armful of mini synths and a pocketful of Tarantino-dusted riffs who make heart-throbbing, capital P pop punch with more than a hint of post-punk. Blaisdell’s vocals hearken back to open hearted 80’s hitmakers unafraid to quaver in the name of love, and they’re buoyed by Jones’ laser-gridded synth concoctions and heavy hand on the ones and twos. The self-titled debut via Castle Face Records has seen the band invited to perform in many new countries as well as lengthy tours across the USA, the road awaits…
System Exclusive will be embarking on an extensive 22-date UK tour throughout September 2023 including a performance at the prestigious End of the Road Festival.
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18+ event.
A Gravy Train & BLG presentation.
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Gravy Train events • www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk
BLG events • www.linktr.ee/BLGPromotions
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Entry requirements:
FINLAY SHAKESPEARE • www.finlayshakespeare.bandcamp.com
JOHN MOUSE • www.johnmouse.bandcamp.com
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System Exclusive are Ari Blaisdell and Matt Jones – a Pasadena, California duo bearing an armful of mini synths and a pocketful of Tarantino-dusted riffs who make heart-throbbing, capital P pop punch with more than a hint of post-punk. Blaisdell’s vocals hearken back to open hearted 80’s hitmakers unafraid to quaver in the name of love, and they’re buoyed by Jones’ laser-gridded synth concoctions and heavy hand on the ones and twos. The self-titled debut via Castle Face Records has seen the band invited to perform in many new countries as well as lengthy tours across the USA, the road awaits…
System Exclusive will be embarking on an extensive 22-date UK tour throughout September 2023 including a performance at the prestigious End of the Road Festival.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
18+ event.
A Gravy Train & BLG presentation.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Gravy Train events • www.gravytrainbristol.co.uk
BLG events • www.linktr.ee/BLGPromotions
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Entry requirements:
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